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Issue: Vol. 397 No. 2: 15 March 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.397.2.4
Page range: 169–176
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Multigene phylogeny and morphology of Alternaria reveal a novel species and a new record in China

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025,
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
Department of Landscape Gardening and Hoticulture, Chengdu Agricultural College, Chengdu 611130, China
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
Alternaria morphology phylogeny taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Two Alternaria species, A. carotiincultae and A. glehniae sp. nov. are isolated from necrotic leaf symptoms of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. and Glehnia littoralis Fr. Schmidt ex Miq in China, respectively. The two species are determined as distinct species belonging to sect. Radicina of Alternaria based on morphology and a multigene analysis of ITS, EF-1α, RPB2 and ATPase sequences. Alternaria glehniae is illustrated here as a novel species because the conidial size, septa and sporulation patterns are different from its closely related species. A. carotiincultae is also described as a new record in China.